Reflecta X5-scan manual

User manual[...]

1 For customers in North and South America For customer s in USA This device complies with Part 1 5 of the FCC rule s. Operation is subject to the f ollowing two conditions: (1) This dev ice may not cause ha rmful interfer ence. (2) This device must accept any inter ference receiv ed, including i nterference t hat may cause undesired operation. For[...]

2 1. System Requirements • Personal com puter , lapt op, desktop or IB M compatible w ith Pentium 166 MHz minimum, and w ith an activ e USB (Universal S erial Bus) port. • Windows 98/2 000 / XP / Vist a /Windows7 , CD R OM drive, color monit or , mouse an d keyboard. 2. Package Contents Make sure that all of the items shown below are i ncluded.[...]

3 3. Name of part s We strongly suggest using a clean, dry, non -alcohol cotton swab to insert i nto the film sca nner slot and clean the glass surface periodically to p roduce a clea r image. Please make s ure your film, sl ide and holder ar e clean before i nserting into the scanner as well. Dust or dirt on the film, slide and ho lder will affect[...]

4 4 How to install slides and film into the tray holder a. Open the film h older as illustra ted b. Put a film/sli de in the film/sli de slot as show n. Note: Do not flip t he film/slide. If fli pped, the pictu res will be scann ed backwards. c. Close the film/slide holder[...]

5 5. Insert and take out SD card ( optional ) • Insert SD car d before scanni ng. • Built in memory will be suspended w hen the SD card is in use. • Please cl ose and then o pen the cov er after card i nserted. Note: This device does not suppor t hot-plug. Inserting SD ca rd d uring operation will cause the device power off. 6. Quick St art C[...]

6 • Select Home Press S t art button to ba ck to capture mode. • Scanning T ype T o enter th e Film T ype, you can us e the Left or Right button t o select, press t he S tart b utton to confirm. Slide: Y ou need select the S lide mode w hen you scanner the slide. Mo nochrome: Y ou need select the Monochro me mode when you scan the BW film. Film[...]

7 P AL: Setting the T V Output to P AL. • Exposure v alue To enter the E V mode, press the EV button directly .Also you can pre ss the Left or Right button to select, and press S tart button to confirm. Exposure comp ensation helps y ou change the ex posure setting man ually to adjust obj ect lighting. This feature helps to achiev e better resul [...]

8 • Slide Show Use the Slid e Show feature to continue displ ay your photo s on the scanner screen pan el. Once selected the Slide Show Mode, camera w ill automatically play all the photos. Pr ess any button to stop the slide s how . • Delete One Select the to delete current image. • Delete All Select the icon will delete all the s tored imag[...]

9 • Exit Select the icon, and p ress S tart button to confi rm, then you will b ack the playbac k mode. 7. Downloading Imag es to Y our Computer For Windows 98/ME cus tomers: When conne cted the scan ner to the comp uter with the USB cable, the “USB Mass S torage dri ver” appears on the compu ter screen . For Windows XP: A dialogue box with o[...]

10 8. Installing the sof tware • Installing the soft ware 1. Insert the i nstallation C D into the CD -ROM drive and the i nstallation CD menu shou ld appear . 2. When you see the foll owing screen, choose “ Arcs oft So ftw ar e S ui t e ” to install the softw are. Windows 2000 / XP / V ista /W indows7 directi ons: 1. Select the la nguage you[...]

11 5. Click Next to continue. 6. PhotoImpres sions will start the setup proces s. 7. Once you get this to th is screen select 8. Click on Fin ish to compl ete and restart the "Clear All" so that P hotoImpressions does computer . not take over the files o n your computer . 9. The inst alled sof tware will automatic ally create a “ PhotoI[...]

12 9. Now you can start to edit the picture as you like: First , click on the “ PhotoImpression 6 ” icon on the desktop. Follow the instruction s to open the sof tware, and click on the pic ture to select, t hen use the Arc soft tools to edit the pictu res. - Main Menu The Main Menu a ppears in the u pper left corner of the workspace many of th[...]

13 • Scan All Folders - Scans your entire computer for media (ex cept Window s and Program Files folders). • Select t he folders you want to scan -Let's you c hoose the folde rs for scanning. z Vie w Full Screen/Play (F4) Plays or displays th e first selected file in full scr een view . - Main Buttons * Get Photos Acquire from Scanner Here[...]

14 How to acquire images from a T WAIN compliant device: 1. Select a sc anner or othe r TW AIN device from the drop do wn list. 2. Choose the file format y ou want to use for the acquire d images (JPG). 3. If you've select ed JPG as the file forma t, select the image qu ality for the acqu ired images (Highest , High, Normal, Low ). The lower t[...]

15 Auto Enhance Click "Auto En hance" button to improve the ov erall quality of y our pictures w ith a single click. Manual Fix For precise im age enhanceme nt control, adjust t he Brightness , Contrast an d Sharpen sliders. How to enhanc e a photo manually : 1. Move the slide rs to adjust the l evel of Brightne ss and Contrast a nd to ma[...]

16 yellow to make the photo warmer . Add blue or green to make th e photo cooler . 2. Drag the Lighte r/Darker slider to the left to reveal detai ls hidden in a dar k photo or to the right to make a faded photo l ook new again. 3. Click "Apply " if you like the result . Click "Cancel" if y ou do not. Red-Eye This feature m akes [...]

17 5. Click "Un do" if you make a mistake or don't like the re sult. Crop This feature enables you to t rim photos for d ramatic effec t or cut off the ugly/distracting parts of a picture. How to use cro p: 1. Choose the crop o rientation (po rtrait or landscape). 2. Select a fix ed proportion for the crop rect angle ( 4:6, 5:7, 8:10[...]

18 How to use Bl ur Background : 1. With your cur sor , trace a lin e around the pe rson or object y ou want to st and out. When you release the mouse butto n, the area out side the t raced line w ill become slightly blurred. 2. Drag the fir st slider to make the tr ansition between the blurred and non- blurred are a sharp or sm ooth. 3. Drag the s[...]

19 Click "Undo" i f you make a mista ke or don't lik e the result. Clone The Clone to ol is good for rem oving unwant ed elements from a photo. It can also be used f or fun effect, like moving a nose from one person t o another. How to use t he Clone tool to rem ove a telephone pole from the b ackground of a p hoto: 1. Establis h a s[...]

20 Blur Smooth out r ough areas. Ple ase click and drag the slid ers below to chan ge the brush si ze and intensity. Paint Brush Let you "pai nt" on your imag e when you click and drag the mo use. Please c lick and drag t he sliders below to cha nge the brush s ize and trans parency. Line Draw a stra ight line i n the photo. Pl ease click[...]

21 10.Specification Interface: USB 1.1 Image Sensor: 5 mega CMOS se nsor Lens: F no.= 6.0, 3 g lass element s , Half-field Angle=15° Panel 2.4" TFT Focus Rang e: Fixed focus Exposure Cont rol: Automatic / Manual ( -2.0 EV~ +2.0EV ) Color Balance: Automatic Scan high resol ution 2592x1680 Data Conversion 10 bits per color channel Film type 35m[...]